16+ hour, 2+ min ago   (99+ words) An 11-year-old Buddhist monk has died after drowning while bathing in the Heen Ganga in the Kaikawala area of Ududumbara, police said. The incident occurred on September 13, and Ududumbara Police launched an investigation following a complaint regarding the drowning. According…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (248+ words) At least one person has died and more than 100 others have been rescued after an Indonesian passenger ship lost contact while sailing through the Java Sea on Sunday, according to Indonesian authorities and local media reports. The Virgo Transport 8 was…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (98+ words) Two children were killed and their father was injured after a hand grenade was hurled at a house in Dehiwala, police said. The attack occurred at a house on Sirisangabo Road in the Kawdana area. Police said two boys, aged…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (127+ words) New Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Wei Huaxiang has met former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his residence for discussions on Sri Lanka–China relations. Rajapaksa said the meeting focused on further strengthening bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and China, as…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (208+ words) Sri Lanka and Palestine reaffirmed their longstanding friendship this week, with both sides pledging to deepen cooperation across diplomatic, economic, educational and humanitarian spheres. According to the Representative Office of Sri Lanka in Ramallah, Sri Lanka’s Representative to Palestine, Farook…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (232+ words) Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose ‌past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, hitting a more than six-week high and breaching the symbolic threshold for the first time since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East heightened concerns about oil flows…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (357+ words) Israel has notified the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem that it must close within 30 days, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported Wednesday. The move came shortly after British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from Israeli settlements…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (817+ words) Flight delays and cancellations were expected to continue into Wednesday at UK airports after another air traffic control failure kept planes grounded for hours, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers. At least 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday to and from UK…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (205+ words) The Australian government hopes to introduce a new law that could change what audiences see on their social media feeds. Under the proposed new bill, every Australian would be able to choose whether they want their social media content served…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (373+ words) The United Kingdom, France and Canada have announced plans to ban imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, as a broader group of countries moves to impose or consider trade restrictions over settlement expansion and rising…...